Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns in Children among Primary Healthcare Institutions in China: A Nationwide Retrospective Study, 2017-2019.

ABSTRACT: There is scarce evidence to demonstrate the pattern of antibiotic use in children in China. We aimed to describe antibiotic prescribing practices among children in primary healthcare institutions (PHIs) in China. We described outpatient antibiotic prescriptions for children in PHIs from January 2017 to December 2019 at both the national and diagnostic levels, utilizing the antibiotic prescribing rate (APR), multi-antibiotic prescribing rate (MAPR), and broad-spectrum prescribing rate (BAPR). Generalized estimating equations were adopted to analyze the factors associated with antibiotic use. Among the total 155,262.2 weighted prescriptions for children, the APR, MAPR, and BAPR were 43.5%, 9.9%, and 84.8%. At the national level, J01DC second-generation cephalosporins were the most prescribed

SUBMITTER: Wushouer H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812453 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature